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#APNY2021 Day 1

HAPPY POLYGLOT NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

A Polyglot New Year is BAAAAACK! 

If you’re not sure what this is all about, check out this post (same idea, different year - will update later). Basically, just complete the prompts below with any or all of your languages and tag it #APNY2021 and #language(s) you posted in. Then search the tags for #APNY2021 #yournativelanguage to help give others feedback on their attempts with your native language!

Here are the first prompts, which are writing prompts today (we’ll keep it easy on the first day for those of you who are possibly nursing some hangovers):

Basic: How do you say Happy New Year in your target language(s)? How about the year (spelled out the numbers)?

Intermediate: What are a few of your New Year’s Eve traditions?

Advanced: Do you think that New Years Resolutions actually work? Do you have a list of resolutions? Why or why not?

Remember to reblog & tag & have a great language-filled first day of 2021!

[superlinguo]

Superlinguo Classroom Resources, now includes Australian Word Mapping task

These are resources we’ve created for teachers who want fun and engaging classroom activities about language.

A couple of years ago I helped the Linguistics Roadshow produce a survey and some very lovely maps of word variation across Australia. It was a nifty illustration of how most people who rhyme ‘dance’ with ‘aunts’ are from South Australia:

It also showed the battlelines in the potato cake/scallop wars:

I’ve teamed up with Linguistics Roadshow crew once again to turn these maps into a classroom activity, aimed at teaching Australian high school students about language variation. From the activity description on the Superlinguo resources page:

This activity will introduce students to some of the differences in Australian English, and encourage them to consider reasons why languages vary and change. Students will first think about which words they use for particular things, and then explore data showing the patterns across Australia via an interactive map.

You can find this activity, along with others on the Superlinguo resources page.

See also:

Original post on the results of the Australian Words Survey

Mapping Words Around Australia with the Linguistics Roadshow

[unclepolyglot]

language and linguistics bloggers, listen up

Hi, I’m Reyna :D

I’m working on my senior thesis right now which is on ‘why english is not dying bc of kids these days’ and I’ll be talking about English on the internet, mainly on Tumblr.

What I’m asking of everyone in the langblr and lingblr(?) communities (and everyone who’s interested in tumblinguistics) is this:

If you ever see a post that talks about tumblinguistics/ how we talk on Tumblr, plz reblog it and tag me.

Or if you don’t want that content on your blog, send me a PM or ask.

Or, if you just want to infodump me with everything you think/know about the subject, I’m def cool with that too

Thanks in advance!

[grammaticalityandotherjudgements]

Did you miss part 1? Read it here!

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And we’re back after the Julhiatus (thanks @badconlangingideas for giving me that name) with a new series about what experimental work is really about: finding random strangers to do your study

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You know you’re in a linguistics department when all of your professors have at least one language they have *a lot* of feelings about

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Ah yes, the great grass war of spring quarter, where the real casualty was the landscaping of the surrounding area.

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Sure, I’ve learned a lot about linguistics in my classes, but I’ve also learned that things are never really as daunting as they seem in the beginning